Art of putting
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StudyoftheGrassandspeed
ofaGreen.
INputtingitisveryimportanttobeable
tojudgethe"speed"ofthegreen.Greens
vary—somemaybehard,somesoft,somewith
closecutgrass,andsomewithlongergrass.
Agreenwhichishardandofclosecut
grasstendstoincreasethevelocityofthe
ball,whilesoftgreens,orthosewithfairly
longgrass,willbeinclinedtoretardits
progress.
Todeterminetowhichclassthegreen
belongs,walkoveritandascertainthefeel
ofthegroundunderfoot.Thiswillgive
youaverygoodideaofthestrengthofthe
green.
Whenagreeniscutthebladesofthegrass
arebentoverinonedirection;noticewhether
thelieofthegrassiswithoragainsttherun
oftheball.Havingdonethis,hittheball
mewfewwveib.mr.�F:t.i'ir++o.e's."�"
Q,
i
s
.)
StudyoftheGrassandspeed
ofaGreen.
INputtingitisveryimportanttobeable
tojudgethe"speed"ofthegreen.Greens
vary—somemaybehard,somesoft,somewith
closecutgrass,andsomewithlongergrass.
Agreenwhichishardandofclosecut
grasstendstoincreasethevelocityofthe
ball,whilesoftgreens,orthosewithfairly
longgrass,willbeinclinedtoretardits
progress.
Todeterminetowhichclassthegreen
belongs,walkoveritandascertainthefeel
ofthegroundunderfoot.Thiswillgive
youaverygoodideaofthestrengthofthe
green.
Whenagreeniscutthebladesofthegrass
arebentoverinonedirection;noticewhether
thelieofthegrassiswithoragainsttherun
oftheball.Havingdonethis,hittheball
mewfewwveib.mr.�F:t.i'ir++o.e's."�"
Q,
i
s
.)
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